Recaps

Xiao Zhen helped Medusa evolve, then joined the Jia Ma Empire’s expedition to the Luoyan Empire and fought Xie Biyan before the war ended in betrayal and Yan Luotian’s death. After returning home, he sent Die to train in another world and took Xiao Yan and Ash out to choose a birthday gift.

• Medusa asked Xiao Zhen to use the Green Lotus Core Flame to help her advance her bloodline, and she successfully evolved into a human-legged Dou Zong.
• Xiao Zhen secretly joined the Jia Ma Empire’s expedition to support the Luoyan Empire, where Xie Biyan and Protector Tie threatened the allied forces.
• Xiao Zhen challenged Xie Biyan to protect Hai Bodong, and Medusa joined the fight after Xiao Zhen released her.
• Yan Luotian broke through to Dou Zong, but Xie Biyan spread poison across the battlefield and escaped before Chiyu burned him to ashes.
• Yan Luotian tried to weaken Medusa with Snake-Bewitching Incense, but Xiao Zhen summoned Yao Chen and killed him while they looted the palace.
• Medusa demanded northern forest land for the Snake-people Race, while the Golden Wild Goose Sect’s First Elder struggled to pay the allied experts their promised rewards.
• Xiao Zhen took Die to the Mecha Beast World to train with Vanguard, while Medusa prepared the Snake-people Race for a mass migration.
• Xiao Zhen brought Die home after her training and then took Xiao Yan and Ash out to find a gift for Nalan Yanran’s grandfather.

Xiao Zhen captured Li Lin’s Live Streaming System, stirred up war and disaster while gathering resources, and moved between the Gourmet World and Dou Qi Continent. In Japan, he befriended and named a Spirit Maiden Zixiang, then left her briefly to approach a lonely figure in a park.

• Xiao Zhen visited the Gourmet World with Xiao Yan and Ash, reunited with Erina, and spent a day with her while the boys followed them.
• Xiao Zhen trapped Li Lin, absorbed his Live Streaming System for 2.6 million Points, and left him alive but weakened.
• Xiao Zhen recruited Wang Tie and Zhang Xiao'er, supplied Wang Tie’s militia with rifles and equipment, and used the Sword of Destiny to drain Abe Jing and members of the island nation’s imperial family.
• Xiao Zhen triggered volcanic eruptions, an earthquake, and a tsunami that devastated the island nation, then returned to the Gourmet World and took Xiao Yan’s stolen weapons.
• At the Nalan Clan banquet, Xiao Zhen clashed with Yun Yun and wagered that Xiao Yan would surpass Nalan Yanran by age ten, while Yao Chen agreed to teach Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Zhen ambushed Shido Itsuka during a Spacequake, took most of his Fortune, rescued the Spirit Maiden from Origami Tobiichi, and named her Zixiang.
• Xiao Zhen spent several days with Zixiang, bought a house with her near a park, and left her at a restaurant before approaching a lonely figure in the park.

Xiao Zhen gathered more Spirits, rescued Honjou Nia and Miku Izayoi, and struck back at DEM Industries. The arc ended when Westcott used Shido Itsuka’s torture to draw out Takamiya Mio, who emerged from Murasame Reine.

• Xiao Zhen welcomed Yoshino into his home, then faced Kurumi Tokisaki, who attacked him and destroyed his house before escaping.
• Xiao Zhen met Kaguya and Yuzuru, helped them accept each other as individuals, and defeated them in a sparring match.
• Xiao Zhen escaped DEM Industries’ operation, infiltrated its London headquarters, and freed Honjou Nia from the secret prison.
• Xiao Zhen raided DEM’s research center, fought Ellen, and publicly exposed footage implicating Westcott in the summoning of the First Spirit.
• Xiao Zhen drained Shido Itsuka’s destiny and later helped Kurumi abandon her plan to kill the First Spirit in favor of targeting the magicians who summoned her.
• Xiao Zhen rescued Miku Izayoi from DEM, brought her home, and helped her confront Nakamura, whose public confession lifted one of her chains.
• Westcott’s wizards captured Shido Itsuka and broadcast his torture across Tengu City to force Takamiya Mio to appear.
• A mysterious figure appeared beside Murasame Reine, who merged with Phantom and became Takamiya Mio.

As Earth collapsed, Xiao Zhen evacuated millions to another world before returning to the Dou Qi Continent, where he recovered Qing Lin and strengthened his position. He then traveled to Jia Nan Academy, demonstrated his alchemy, befriended Zi Yan, and sensed a disturbance that might lead him to the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Takamiya Mio rescued Shido Itsuka as spatial cracks spread across Earth, while Xiao Zhen learned that two beings beyond the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm were fighting beyond the world.
• With Earth facing collapse, Xiao Zhen worked with the government to evacuate more than fifty million people to the Mecha Beast World, including Kurumi, and later learned that Qing Lin had been kidnapped.
• Xiao Zhen traced Qing Lin’s abduction to Mo Cheng and pursued Lv Man, who had taken the girl for the Heavenly Snake Mansion, before Heavenly Snake Venerate offered to train Qing Lin as his disciple.
• After Gu Yuan brought Xun'er to the Xiao Clan, Xiao Zhen strengthened his forces, helped Xiao Yan progress, and broke through to Dou Zong before traveling with him to the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Zhen reached Jia Nan Academy, impressed its alchemists by refining a high-grade Sixth-grade Vitality Preservation Pill, and watched the Outer Academy Grand Competition.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Zhen agreed to supply Sixth-grade Medicinal Pills in exchange for ingredients and discovered that Zi Yan was a pure-blooded Ancient Void Dragon who enjoyed his alchemical treats.
• Xiao Yan became a Dou Zhe after receiving another Qi Gathering Powder, while Xiao Zhen spent days refining pills and sensed a southwest fluctuation that stirred his and Yao Chen’s flames.